36664 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 129 /Tuesday, July 7, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Marine Corps Heritage Center at

Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA

Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act as

implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), the U.S. Marine

Corps intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

to evaluate the environmental effects of

constructing and operating a Heritage

Center complex at or adjacent to Marine

Corps Base (MCB) Quantico for Marine

Corps personnel, their families and the

general public. This Center would

consolidate existing interpretive and

curatorial functions that are located at

MCB Quantico, VA, and the Washington

Navy Yard, Washington, DC.

The Marine Corps Air Ground

Museum, located at MCB Quantico,

holds many of the items in the Marine

Corps collections and also provides

items to other DOD museums, the

Smithsonian Museum, and other

civilian museums. The proposed

Heritage Center would facilitate and

enhance the presentation of Marine

Corps artifacts and history, promote

professional military educational

opportunities and accommodate unique

military events and conferences.

Currently, the dispersed locations used

to protect the heritage of the Marine

Corps do not have adequate facilities for

preservation of artifacts or adequate

space for displays and historic

interpretation presentations.

Locations on and off-base that meet

requirements for siting the Heritage

Center will be evaluated in the EIS. The

siting criteria includes sufficient size

and suitability in order to accommodate

facilities (e.g., buildings, parking,

roads), and provide visual and noise

buffers; proximity to Interstate 95 and/

or U.S. Route 1 in order to facilitate

traffic to/from the site; and proximity to

MCB Quantico in order to support

educational requirements of the Base

and obtain educational and facility

support from the Base.

Environmental issues to be addressed

in the EIS include: geological resources,

biological resources, water resources,

noise, air quality, land use

compatibility, cultural resources,

socioeconomics, environmental justice,

public health and safety, transportation/

circulation, aesthetics, utilities,

hazardous materials, and solid waste.

The Marine Corps will initiate a

scoping process for the purpose of

determining the extent of issues to be

addressed and identifying the

significant issues related to this action.

The Marine Corps will a hold public

scoping meeting to assist in

identification of important issues

associated with the general

development plan of the Heritage Center

and alternative sites. The time and

location of this meeting will be

announced at a later date and advertised

in local area newspapers. Questions

regarding the scoping process should be

mailed to: Commanding Officer,

Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

Building 212, Washington Navy Yard,

Washington, DC 20374–2121 (Attn: Mr.

Matthew Hess, code 20E), telephone

(202) 685–3062.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

Duncan Holaday,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

(Installations and Facilities).

Lou Rae Langevin,

LT, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–17833 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, D.C. 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: June 30, 1998.

Hazel Fiers

Acting Deputy Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Regular

Title: Guaranty Agency Monthly

Claims and Collection Report

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, State, local or Tribal Gov’t SEAs

or LEAs

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 444

Burden Hours: 2,220

Abstract: The ED Form 1189 is used

by a guaranty agency to request

payments of reinsurance for default,